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A Miyawaki pocket forest in urban Cambridge demonstrates how dense planting of native species can rapidly restore biodiversity in small urban spaces.

Miyawaki Pocket Forest in Urban Cambridge is Growing into a Thriving Ecosystem

The eastern monarch butterfly's comeback highlights a hopeful moment for one of North America’s most iconic pollinators.

Eastern Monarch Butterfly’s Comeback Shows 64% Population Increase in Mexico

The Underline Miami park trail and nature corridor transforms space beneath elevated rail lines into a green urban pathway connecting communities and nature.

The Underline Miami Park Trail and Nature Corridor is Transforming Urban Space

Chocolate with the lowest climate impact is often dark chocolate, which contains less dairy and therefore produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

Chocolate with the Lowest Climate Impact Depends on What’s Inside

The platform rescues produce rejected for cosmetic reasons, connecting more than 100 farmers with 30 restaurants, including two Michelin Bib Gourmand recipients, offering food up to 72% cheaper while ensuring farmers earn fairer prices.

How a Philippine Teen-Led Food Waste Solution Became a Lifeline After a Typhoon

The largest biodiversity survey in Vietnam deployed 1,176 camera trap stations across 21 protected forests, capturing 120,000 wildlife detections over 350,000 camera-trap days, and revealing species richness increasing at 16 sites despite severe depletion of large carnivores and herbivores from decades of intensive snaring.

Southeast Asia

22.05.26

Wildlife Recovery Detected in Largest Biodiversity Survey in Vietnam

Caption: Costa Rica's ecosystem services payment program valued the nation's natural capital at US$14.5 billion annually, with mangroves providing the greatest economic benefit at US$8,744 per hectare through carbon storage, coastal protection, fisheries support, and biodiversity conservation, exceeding forest and ocean ecosystem values.

Central America

21.05.26

Costa Rica Expands Ecosystem Services Payment Program Beyond Forests to Mangroves, Coral Reefs, and Ocean Conservation

Ireland's peat bog rewilding transforms previously drained and degraded bogland into living, moisture-rich ecosystems where sphagnum moss, heather, and native plants slowly reclaim the land over years of careful restoration.

Biodiversity

18.05.26

From Turf Cuttings to Thriving Habitat: Ireland’s Peat Bog Rewilding in Action

Leatherback turtles nesting in Nicaragua again marks a hopeful return for a critically endangered species after years of decline.

Central America

12.05.26

Leatherback Turtles Nesting in Nicaragua Again Offers Hope for Species Recovery

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards receives tens of thousands of entries annually from 100+ countries, documenting nature's spontaneous humor to promote wildlife conservation through positive emotion and empathy.

Wildlife

11.05.26

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Opens 2026 Submissions, Celebrating Humor and Conservation Through Nature’s Funniest Moments

Burkina Faso-born architect Francis Kéré turned a budget school project in his home village of Gando into a globally recognized model for climate-smart building design, using clay, ventilation, and passive cooling to beat the heat without electricity.

Africa

08.05.26

Francis Kéré Proves Climate-Smart Building Design Can Work Anywhere on Earth

Dogs working in wildlife conservation are proving invaluable in the field, using their extraordinary sense of smell to detect invasive species, deter predators, and support wildlife trafficking investigations in ways technology alone cannot match.

Wildlife

07.05.26

How Dogs Working in Wildlife Conservation Protect Endangered Species Worldwide

Rainforests as rain-making machines generate atmospheric moisture that supports agriculture far beyond their borders, delivering billions of dollars in value to farmers worldwide.

Climate

06.05.26

Rainforests as Rain-Making Machines Provide Billions in Value to Farmers

Community-led invasive species management across South Africa and Cameroon is delivering measurable results, restoring ecosystems and reviving wildlife populations that once faced permanent decline.

Africa

06.05.26

Invasive Species Management in Africa is Delivering Real Results

Repair cafés across Europe are transforming the simple act of fixing broken household items into a grassroots movement that cuts waste, reduces emissions, and challenges a throwaway culture one toaster at a time.

Circular Economy

05.05.26

How Repair Cafés in Europe are Changing the Way People Think About Broken Things

With plastic-free alternatives already widely available on shelves, Scotland’s plastic wet wipes ban is expected to shift consumer habits and reduce the millions of pounds spent each year clearing blocked sewers.

Northern Europe

30.04.26

Scotland’s Plastic Wet Wipes Ban is a Win for Beaches, Sewers, and Wildlife

Battery recycling with carbon capture offers a new approach to recovering valuable battery materials while simultaneously capturing carbon dioxide during the recycling process.

Technology

30.04.26

New Battery Recycling with Carbon Capture Could Make Clean Energy Even Cleaner

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